Garret Graves actually said...

"I am very concerned to hear you say that you were already doing this, because that sounds like almost you were going to ignore the changes in law that we just made that were pretty substantial."

"So, let me be very clear because I want to challenge that statement. That is very, very concerning for me to hear you say that."

"My concern is that you had people who put this thing together that are not boaters, they are not in a boat, not on a boat, and don't understand this issue."

"There is no one on this Committee that wants to go out there and trash whale populations. There is no one. But what we want to do is we want to find realistic solutions."